F-R Racing's Garage Talk

D.J. was banned from Facebook, Penske DQ, TV Ratings

Right before we hit record, D.J. found out his personal account was banned from Facebook due to copyright infringement claims. He discusses what happened, why Facebook is wrong, and his intent to appeal.

Next we jump into the shocking news about Penske Racing's Push To Pass controversy which resulted in the disqualification of St Petes winner Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, and a big penalty for Will Power.

Finally, we discuss the struggle of IndyCar with the Long Beach TV ratings, NASCAR's super speedway quality of racing, and Formula 1's Red Bull dominance. What can be done to address this?

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Andy Amendola, Red Racer Books - The ABC's of IndyCar Racing

We have a special Monday episode of the show this week! Our friend Andy Amendola from Red Racer Books returns to the show to talk about his brand new book, "The ABCs of IndyCar Racing". Erik and D.J. had a small part of assisting Andy with terminology and some of the context in the book, so we kick off the show talking about that process. Next we talk about how Andy connected with the IndyCar to become an officially licensed product. We discuss the process and how that quickly expanded the reach of the book. Finally, we discuss Andy's upcoming first trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and his first Indy 500, the traditions, and everything else IndyCar. The ABCs of IndyCar and his other books are available at redracerbooks.com, Amazon.com, Shop.IndyCar.com, and the gift shop at your favorite IndyCar race! Follow Andy @redracerbooks on your favorite social media platform.

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Wednesday Night Dash Return, NASCAR at Texas, The Relocation of the Arizona Coyotes?

Wednesday Night Dash on @Stadiumscene returned this week with the largest field ever in the history of the league! Currently there are 22 drivers registered to compete in the first WND Truck Series since summer of 2022. We discuss the rapid growth of the league and the results of our first week with the much larger field.

Next we go back and recap NASCAR at Texas, the history of Hooters as a NASCAR sponsor, and dive briefly into IndyCar at Long Beach, and the upcoming Formula 1 going back to China for the first time since 2019.

Earlier in the episode D.J. goes off topic about the now official (wasn't at the time of the recording) relocation of the Arizona Coyotes and how stadium location and ownership over the years really ruined that franchise.

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Weekend Recap - NASCAR at Texas YEE HAW!

Erik and D.J. are back with another episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk Weekend Recap. Only NASCAR on the schedule this weekend, but we had a great run of races at Texas! We recap the weekend.

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F1 in Japan, Indy 500 Testing, Kyle Larson, Upcoming iRacing Schedule

We're back and we kick the show off by discussing the state of Formula 1 after Max returns to his spot on the podium (ha ha). Is Daniel Ricciardo's seat in jeopardy? Next, we discuss the IndyCar schedule, oval racing, and Kyle Larson's performance during test day. Is Kyle the best all-around driver in the world right now? No matter what kind of car he steps in, he does it extremely well. After that, we discuss the iRacing season with a preview of the upcoming Wednesday Night Dash Truck Series starting on April 17th and a recap of our first trip to the road course during the Indy Racing World Series. It was a rough night for many drivers, resulting in a major shift in the standings. Finally, we briefly discuss our first community GT race on Saturdays. If you want to practice and participate in our free broadcasted monthly race, hop into our Discord via the link below and let us know you'd like to participate. The next race is May 11th at 9am ET. ---------

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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Garage Talk - D.J. wins at Auto Club Speedway, Richmond Controversy, The Indy/Charlotte Double

D.J. finally got his first win during the Indy Racing World Series at Auto Club Speedway last Tuesday. A very bold fuel strategy gamble allows him to hold off the rest of the field and snap his iRacing winless drought. We spend the first part of the show breaking down the race on @Stadiumscene and D.J.'s mindset during his extreme fuel-saving methods over the last 30 laps of the race. Next, we move on and discuss Denny Hamlin's controversial restart during overtime at Richmond. We also discuss NASCAR's "response" to the call and question what do you do to fix something like that? Finally, as we get closer to May we discuss the drivers who have pulled off the "double" of running both the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. Kyle Larson looks to become only the second driver to complete all 1100 miles between the two races (Tony Stewart, 2001 being the other). D.J. misread an article and stated Kurt Busch also completed 1100 miles in 2014, but that was not correct. Finally, tune in for our all-new monthly racing special Saturday at 9am ET on Stadium Scene TV from iRacing Indianapolis Motor Speedway! The F-R Racing Endurance Team will be running monthly races in a GT Sprint-style setup to focus on development and preparation for official events on the iRacing platform. D.J. and Taka will have the call.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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D.J. jinxed Max Verstappen, IndyCar at Thermal Club, NASCAR at COTA Recap

Did D.J. jinx Max Verstappen at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix? You decide and we discuss. Also check out our LIVE Raceway live stream from the event last week and judge for yourself! We recap the race, Carlos Sainz's dominating win, the odd penalty given to Fernando Alonso after George Russell wrecked and more! Next we move on and discuss the Thermal Club $1 million dollar challenge (even though the winner got $500k and the top 3 purse was over $1 mil?). Was this event interesting? Should it happen again? Finally, we move onto NASCAR's trip to Circuit of the Americas. We had an exciting weekend of racing with Marco Andretti's rear axel breaking off of his truck while driving, SVG getting into the back of Austin Hill on the last lap of the Xfinity race, and Kyle Busch upset at Christopher Bell in the Cup race.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is back April 17th! $40 for 10 races broadcasted with the rest of the cash outside of the broadcast fee thrown into the prize pool.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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Wednesday Night Dash Recap, Tires at Bristol, Australian GP, Thermal Club, and COTA Previews

Erik is on the road this week and missed Wednesday Night Dash, but D.J. recaps how what started off as a promising evening at Kansas Speedway ended up in a big wreck and ended his chances at a top three season finish.

We also recap how the season went and congratulate back to back Cup Series champion, Colton Gardner on his dominating performance.Next we move on and discuss the tires at the NASCAR Bristol race last weekend. How did the drivers feel? Was that the best short track race NASCAR has had in a long time? What needs to change if anything?

Finally, we do quick previews of the upcoming Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, IndyCar's $1 million dollar challenge at the Thermal Club, and NASCAR making its annual visit to Circuit of the Americas. That and a little bit of TV deal discussion, and some March Madness mixed in.Tune in Sunday morning at midnight for F-R Racing's Garage Talk: LIVE Raceday as we watch along with the Australian Grand Prix. Swing by the discord, and chat along with us!

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is back April 17th! $40 for 10 races broadcasted with the rest of the cash outside of the broadcast fee thrown into the prize pool.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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Weekend Recap - Tire Chaos at Bristol

The star of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway today was the tires! Tires were going bad after 50 laps, NASCAR had to approve an extra set for teams, and teams were still concerned they would not have enough to get to the end! We discuss this in this week's Weekend Recap.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is back! $40 for 10 races broadcasted with the rest of the cash outside of the broadcast fee thrown into the prize pool. We will pro-rate your entry for getting in late!

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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D.J.'s Phoenix Raceway Visit, Boring Racing, and More F1 Off Track Drama

D.J. visited Phoenix Raceway last weekend for the spring Xfinity race, visited the garages, ran into Brad Keselowski, and saw Josh Berry's qualifying wreck up close. How was the overall experience? Watch and find out. We move on and re-cap the weekend in racing, where the highlights were pretty limited outside of Ollie Bearman's impressive debut for Ferrari (and having to return to school on Monday). We also look into the fan's calls to move Championship weekend away from Phoenix Raceway, but what are reasonably the options to host a race in early to mid-November? We discuss. Erik came close to winning at Homestead during the Indy Racing World Series. We break down his final lap heartbreak and D.J.'s self-spin that cost him a chance at the win. We also break down Wednesday Night Dash at Dover and leading up to the finale.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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Weekend Recap - F1 in Saudi Arabia, IndyCar in St Petersburg, NASCAR in Phoenix

It's our first weekend with Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR in the same weekend! We briefly recap the Formula 1 weekend highlighted by Oliver Bearman's impressive performance filling in for Carlos Sainz.

Next, we talk about Penske's impressive season debut for IndyCar at St Petersburg and the "off" (for their standards) day for Ganassi.

Finally, we close out the show talking about NASCAR in Phoenix. Did the changes to the car help? Is there anything that can be done at this point?

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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iRacing in the Rain, F1 Drama, WND at Texas, and NASCAR at Phoenix

We have a packed show this week starting with the long awaited release of the iRacing Tempest weather system (rain). We ran a test session earlier in the week from Daytona in heavy rain to experience what the driving was like and came away very impressed. The reviews so far have been largely positive and we'll see how this impacts the endurance events moving forward. Next we discuss Wednesday Night Dash visit to Texas Motor Speedway. Tire management played a major factor in the final results. D.J. talks about his "hug the line" strategy and braking into turn 1 that helped him while start slow, move up for a 4th place finish. Erik did one better and finished P3! We moved on and discussed the soap opera that is Formula 1. What the heck is going on at Red Bull? Do we have a bigger scandal brewing? Will Max, Newey, and Marko actually leave if Christian Horner isn't replaced? Reportedly Ford isn't happy with the situation either and is exploring ending their agreement with Red Bull already. Finally we close out with a discussion of D.J.'s upcoming weekend trip to Phoenix Raceway.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Races air LIVE on Stadium Scene TV Tuesdays at 10pm ET! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season. We'll pro-rate late entries.

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Weekend Recap - F1 Returns and NASCAR visits Las Vegas

On your Monday morning racing weekend recap, we look at the return of the Formula 1 season and NASCAR's trip to Las Vegas.

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The ABC's Of IndyCar Racing Release, NASCAR in Atlanta, Indy week on iRacing

We're back with another episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! We're excited to announce that today our friend Andy Amendola has released a new book in the @redracerbooks9661 series, "The ABC's of IndyCar Racing". We talk a little bit about the book and our involvement in the writing of the book. We'll save the bulk of this discussion for when Andy appears on the show in a few weeks! Check out redracerbooks.com starting today to order your copy! We move on and discuss the wild finish to the NASCAR Cup Series Race in Atlanta over the weekend with the three-wide finish and how awesome Daniel Suarez's big run on the last lap to set himself up for that win. Finally, we discuss the Indy Racing World Series and Wednesday Night Dash visiting the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval back-to-back nights. Erik actually did not plan this, the schedules just lined up this way. We discuss how fuel strategy played into the top 3 of the IndyCar race and how D.J.'s strong restart in the second half of Wednesday Night Dash led to a top 5 finish.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠⁠! is revamping into a broadcasted league. Week 1 kicks off on February 20th at 10 pm ET, LIVE on Stadium Scene TV! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season.

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Daytona 500 Follow-Up, Protecting your IP, Indy Racing World Series Debut

We kick off the show this week re-visiting the end of the Daytona 500 and discussing the numerous accidents over the week in ARCA, Trucks, and Xfinity as well. Next, we move on and show off our newly acquired registered trademark. In December of 2021, we submitted our initial filing to register the trademark and logo of F-R Racing. After a little over two years we have received our trademark. We recap the process briefly and talk about some of the delays and mistakes that were made in submitting the application to the USPTO. Finally, we recap the week in iRacing with the debut of the Indy Racing World Series on Stadium Scene TV. Erik recaps his last lap and how it was a nearly identical repeat of last year's last lap incident at Chicagoland.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠! is revamping into a broadcasted league. Week 1 kicks off on February 20th at 10 pm ET, LIVE on Stadium Scene TV! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season.

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Weekend Recap - Daytona 500

Welcome to the first of our five minute weekend recap shows! We're going to cover the big racing events from the weekend on your way to work in about five minutes!

Normally this episode would be released on Monday morning, but because of the rain outs in Daytona we postponed the debut until Tuesday!

In this week's recap, Erik and D.J. look back at the Daytona 500, the good, bad, and ugly. In Addition they comment on the large number of cautions in the truck race.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠⁠! is revamping into a broadcasted league. Week 1 kicks off on February 20th at 10 pm ET, LIVE on Stadium Scene TV! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season.

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iRacing Indy Racing World Series Preview, Daytona 500 Preview

A little over a year later we are finally getting our broadcasted IndyCar league! As we've discussed many times the divorce between iRacing and IndyCar was messy, but that is all resolved now! We currently have 18 drivers registered for the league. Tune in Tuesday at 10 pm ET on @stadiumscene Next, we get into the IndyCar exhibition race we ran at Kentucky Speedway with 12 of the league drivers and it was quite an adventure! It was a fun experience and a great opportunity for our existing drivers to get to know the new drivers. Next we move on and discuss NASCAR returning with the Daytona 500. The big story is the weekend has rain in the forecast for both Saturday and Sunday. How will that impact the schedule?

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠⁠! is revamping into a broadcasted league. Week 1 kicks off on February 20th at 10 pm ET, LIVE on Stadium Scene TV! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season.

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Hamilton To Ferrari, Busch Clash, NASCAR Mexico, iRacing Session Issues

A lot of news in the world of Formula 1 starting with Lewis Hamilton's shock announcement that he's leaving Mercedes for Ferrari, and could Christian Horner be on his way out at Red Bull for his "conduct"? Time will tell. We discuss. Next, we get into the mess of a weekend for the NASCAR Busch Clash including talking about NASCAR Mexico, the Ricky Bobby-esq numbers on the windshields, and the types of tracks the series races in. This is a series that often gets forgotten in the United States so we dug in a little bit to learn more. Finally, during our weekly iRacing discussion, we talk about Erik's unexpected podium at Phoenix Raceway on Wednesday Night Dash and the issue with D.J. being unexpectedly booted out of the session and ruining his potential top 5 finish. Indy Racing World Series kicks off February 20th at Chicagoland Speedway! We'll be running a 10-race broadcasted season on @stadiumscene. The entry fee is a $10 broadcast fee. Learn more and sign up today before we fill!

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the ⁠Indy Racing World Series⁠! is revamping into a broadcasted league. Week 1 kicks off on February 20th at 10 pm ET, LIVE on Stadium Scene TV! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season.

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AFSP 200 Charity Race Recap, WND at Bristol, Indy Racing World Series

We kick off the show this week by recapping the AFSP 200 charity race for the AFSP on Apex Racing TV last Saturday night. It was a fantastic event with 23 very talented drivers (plus D.J.) competing and put on a great show for 100 laps around Michigan International Speedway! In the end, we raised $1450 for the AFSP, gave away some awesome prizes, and overall had a great night! Thank you to all who donated, participated in the race, or just tuned in to watch! We will be back again next year! We turn our attention to breaking news out of Formula 1 where it was announced that the Andretti Global team led by Michael Andretti will not be joining Formula 1 in 2025 or 2026 because of well.. reasons. We talk about the tone-deaf and arrogant statement released outlining why they were rejected and our thoughts. We move on and talk about how Behind Closed Doors has become the Indy Racing World Series and it kicks off February 20th at Chicagoland Speedway! We'll be running a 10-race broadcasted season on Stadium Scene TV.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now the Indy Racing World Series! is revamping into a broadcasted league. Week 1 kicks off on February 20th at 10 pm ET, LIVE on Stadium Scene TV! A $10 broadcast fee gets you into the 10-race season.

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AFSP 200 Charity Race Preview, WND at Talladega, and Daytona 24 Recap

On this week's episode of @frracingonline 's Garage Talk Garage Talk, Erik and D.J. recap the wild finish to Wednesday Night Dash at Talladega Superspeedway and the first dual podium for the team since fall of 2022.

Next we move on and recap the 2024 iRacing Daytona 24-hour race. F-R Racing had two entries into the event, a GTP car on Friday night's session and the LMP2 entry during the Saturday/Sunday session.

Finally, we discuss this weekend's AFSP 200 charity race where we hope to raise a minimum of $2500 for s*****e prevention. We had a very serious discussion about how mental health and how this cause is very important and very personal for both of us. If you need help, dial 988 for help.

Tune in this Saturday night at 9:00pm on @ApexRacingTV for the AFSP 200 and make a donation to the event or race with us:

For every $20 you donate you'll get an entry into our raffle of amazing giveaways from Extreme Simracing and other NASCAR/racing items that are not even for sale to the general public.

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iRacing Daytona 24 preview with Tyler Vickery, Colton Gardner, and Hunter Hughes

We have a very full house on today's episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! Erik and D.J. are joined by not only Wednesday Night Dash drivers, but F-R Racing Endurance Team members, Tyler Vickery, Colton Gardner, and Hunter Hughes (by phone). F-R Racing will be entering two teams into the iRacing Daytona 24 this year and we talk to the drivers about the upcoming weekend. The primary team will be fielding an LMP2 entry and features Erik Richardson, Mark Vicars, Ian Miller, Hunter Hughes, and Tyler Vickery. The second entry is in the GTP class with Colton Gardner, Andrew Hewitt, Derek Booker (from our BCD series), and newcomers Jackson Wade & Jacob Manning. Tyler has not raced endurance with us previously, but his normal team was unavailable for the event. Tyler has won this event two years in a row and looks to make it three years in a row. He talks about his experience with settling in as you get into the long hours of the event. This will be Colton's first long endurance race. He's spent the last year preparing in GT3 Ferrari Challenges and looks to gain valuable experience. Hunter ran the Daytona 24 last year and the Petit Le Mans in October with F-R Racing. He talks about dealing with the lows of the event when it comes to getting in wrecks that are your fault and ones that are not your fault. Inspiring messages to listen to. Tune into Stadium Scene TV (Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch) on Saturday, January 20th at 7:30 am ET for live coverage of the iRacing Daytona 24!

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WND Returns, IndyCar returns to iRacing, Daytona 24 Preview, AFSP 200 Charity Race

Hope your 2024 is starting off well! Erik, D.J. and Taka are back with the first new episode of 2024. We kick off the show by announcing that Taka has now become our Business Manager at F-R Racing. Taka has been working with us providing social media updates during Wednesday Night Dash and working behind the scenes to help grow F-R Racing to what it is today and he's ready to step in to help us take it to the next level!

Wednesday Night Dash is also back after the off-season and we couldn't have picked a more difficult track to restart with after a long break. Rockingham Speedway is incredibly bumpy and is not very forgiving.Next, we discuss the upcoming iRacing Daytona 24 and how F-R Racing could be entering three cars, GT3, LMP2, and GTP! We'll have more details next week as we get ready for the big event!

After that, we discuss the long-awaited return of IndyCar to iRacing! Several experts in the field (and us) criticized IndyCar for signing an exclusive games deal with Motorsport Games only to not deliver much of anything. The iRacing Indy 500 will be back and we're looking to put two entries into the field. Also this licensing change will result in major changes to the Behind Closed Doors Series. We'll have more details in the upcoming weeks.

Finally, we are about two weeks away from the AFSP 200 racing money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. We're excited to partner with WJ Muhlfeld Motorsports and the AFSP to host this amazing event. Learn more and join the field at frracingonline.com/afsp200. The event starts at 9:15pm ET on January 27th.

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2023 Season Finale, F1 Season Wrap, NASCAR's New TV Deal

Now that the Formula 1 season is done, it's time for us to take a little time off from the show, but we'll be back in early January! Erik and D.J. kick off today's show talking about the end of the Formula 1 season, how Max Verstappen's dominance will go down in the history book + TV ratings if he keeps it up, Alfa Romeo's brand out the door, and Monster Energy leaving Mercedes for McLaren. After a little throwback 90s diecast talk throwing out names like the late Dick Trickle, Buckshot Jones, and others we get on to discussing the new NASCAR TV deal. We really break down NASCAR's shocking TV deal including four partners (FOX, NBC, TNT, and Amazon Prime Video). How will the five races impact the older demographic who haven't embraced streaming? Allegedly the networks are barely breaking even from the last deal, how will they turn a profit this time around and will that negatively impact the broadcast? D.J. breaks down how the model of sports on TV is rapidly changing and in many ways we're returning to the ways of 20-30 years ago with sports on local TV. The well publicized failure of Bally Sports via Diamond Sports Group and several professional teams returning to local TV to broadcast their games. How will the cable companies adapt?

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⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠ is taking the holiday season off as well. Registration will continue to be free

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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Recap and Wednesday Night Dash Schedule Reveal

D.J. is back from his illness last week (mostly). We kick off the show talking about D.J. taking on the flu and food poisoning at the same time and how at one point his wife had to call 911 and have paramedics come to the house because things got really bad.

After a brief discussion about safety, SAFER barriers, and deaths during the 24 hours of Le Mans in the 50s and 60s we go on and talk about an event we've heavily criticized over the course of this year, the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. We recap the week starting from the damage caused by the drain cover to Carlos Sainz's car and the ridiculous 10-position grid penalty he faced for it, the cold weather causing chaos with grip, the ridiculous Vegas opening ceremonies, and much more. That's all before we even get to the start of the race.

We break down the race and how it was actually quite exciting. We talk about Max's penalty, words for the stewards, his accident with George Russell, and oh he still won. Also more on Lando Norris' crash, Lewis' puncture, Haas and Williams' great qualifying runs, but poor races, and so much more!

Finally, we get to what we know you've been waiting for, the unveiling of the Wednesday Night Dash Season 8 schedule (skip to 40:30)! We're back in the Next Gen Cup Car in January and will be visiting some tracks that WND has never visited and also visiting some that we've never been to in the Cup car. It's going to be an exciting season and you should join us!

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NASCAR Championship Weekend Recap, Formula 1 at Brazil

Erik and D.J. kick off this all new episode with some trivia! Now that Kevin Harvick has retired, who are the five most experienced drivers (based on debut date) in the NASCAR Cup Series? Listen and find out!

First off, time to recap the entire championship weekend starting with the disaster of a Craftsman Truck Series race on Friday Night that resulted in several overtime restarts, Corey Heim seeking revenge on Carson Hocevar likely costing Grant Enfinger a title, and more.

Next, we move on and discuss D.J.'s trip to Phoenix Raceway for the Xfinity Series Championship race, D.J. missing out an opportunity to see the Garage 56 car in person, but otherwise seeing a great race with Cole Custer taking the season championship. We move onto Sunday and discuss Ryan Blaney vs Ross Chastain's battle and NBC largely ignoring Ross' win and focusing on Blaney. We do note that if you're old enough to remember the Winston Cup (pre-playoff) finales, it wasn't common for the Championship Winner to win the race and TV largely ignored the race winner to focus on the season champion.

Finally, we close out the show after a brief technical difficulty of D.J.'s Internet cutting out discussing Formula 1 at Interlagos. Topics include the severe weather during qualification, Charles LeClerc's incident during the formation lap, Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen's wreck on the first turn of lap 1, and the exciting battle for 3rd between Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez.

Next up is the much criticized, but highly anticipated Las Vegas Grand Prix! We'll be hosting Garage Talk LIVE Raceday during the broadcast on our streaming channels (Facebook, Twitch, YouTube). Erik will most likely be late to the event so we'll be announcing D.J.'s guest co-host here soon!

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⁠⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠⁠ is off until early January, but hold your spot now! We have room for about 5-6 more drivers. $40 for 10 races broadcasted with the rest of the cash outside of the broadcast fee thrown into the prize pool.

⁠⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠⁠ is taking the holiday season off as well. Registration will continue to be free

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NASCAR Martinsville Recap, Phoenix Preview, Checo's bad day at the Mexico GP

Erik and D.J. are back with another episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! We kick off the show discussing the events at Martinsville from Ryan Blaney winning, to Richard Childress's No Good Very Bad Day. D.J. defends Sheldon Creed and his actions (his car "broke" during his "check-up" which has since resulted in a public apology from Andy Petree) and criticizes Petree for unprofessionally confronting Creed in public view followed by the unacceptable comments made by Richard Childress.

In the second half of the show, we split time previewing the upcoming weekend in Phoenix and discussing if Phoenix should host championship weekend. There have been a lot of calls to move the championship back to Homestead. D.J. who will be at the races this weekend has a surprising opinion on the matter.

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⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠⁠ is off until early January, but hold your spot now! We have room for about 5-6 more drivers. $40 for 10 races broadcasted with the rest of the cash outside of the broadcast fee thrown into the prize pool.

⁠⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠⁠ is taking the holiday season off as well. Registration will continue to be free

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iRacing Fun Races, F1 in Austin, NASCAR at Homestead

In today's F-R Racing's Garage Talk, Erik and D.J. are joined by F-R Racing's Social Media Specialist, birthday boy, and newest Race Control guy, Taka Timmerman. The three talk about the Wednesday Night Dash end-of-year "fun race" where we thought it would be a good idea to mix Craftsman Truck Series Trucks on the same track as the old NASCAR Gen 4 cars at the old configuration of Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race ended up being a lot of fun and extremely challenging when it came to tire management. Despite the fact D.J. was the last truck standing and essentially won the truck class by default, he was still in a celebratory mood by quoting Cal Naughton Jr from Talladega Nights.

We move on and discuss the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. First how the drivers universally dislike the sprint weekends, how Max Verstappen had issues with his brakes, and the disqualification of Lewis Hamilton and Charles LeClerc over a piece of wood under the car.

We close out the show talking about NASCAR at Homestead and what we're going to do the rest of the year now that the WND season is over and NASCAR/F1 will be wrapping up soon.

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⁠Wednesday Night Dash⁠ is off until early January, but hold your spot now! We have room for about 5-6 more drivers. $40 for 10 races broadcasted with the rest of the cash outside of the broadcast fee thrown into the prize pool.

⁠Behind Closed Doors⁠ is taking the holiday season off as well. Registration will continue to be free

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WND iRacing Season In Review, iRacing Improvements, NASCAR at Homestead and F1 in Austin

Erik and D.J. are back this week to close out the 2023 Wednesday Night Dash season with a year in review discussion of the ARCA league. We talk about the many lows and how one coaching session with iRacing ARCA Legend, Justin Yee turned D.J.'s season around and gave him a lot of confidence moving forward.

Before getting into that season, D.J. discusses why his current state as a hockey fan is "Arizona Coyotes Apologist" and why he is on board with why they should remain in the Phoenix market and can be successful in the Phoenix market.

We also throw back to some old IRL discussion from the late 90s including Greg Ray winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway and A.J. Foyt backhanding Arie Luyendyk Sr at a night race in Texas in 1997.

We close out the show talking the upcoming weekend of NASCAR at Miami Homestead Speedway and Formula 1 coming back to the states for the second of three trips.

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Wednesday Night Dash is off until early January, but hold your spot now! We have room for about 5-6 more drivers. $40 for 10 races broadcasted with the rest of the cash outside of the broadcast fee thrown into the prize pool.

Behind Closed Doors is taking the holiday season off as well. Registration will continue to be free

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iRacing Petit Le Mans Recap, Driving The Dallara IR-18, And F1 Hot Weather

A big week for iRacing content on this week's F-R Racing's Garage Talk! We kick off the show by recapping the iRacing Petit Le Mans 10-hour endurance race from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in the LMP2 class. Erik recaps his 2.5-hour racing stint and the challenges of remaining focused during that time. We talk about great runs from Ian Miller (who led our first-ever endurance laps), Hunter Hughes (who was wrecked by a weaving LMP2 car), and Mark Vicars closing out the late stint with a strong run chasing down and almost catching a car that started the stint up multiple laps. P10 in the class and P16 (of 38) overall was a great performance considering that if you subtract the repair time, the team would have finished P2 in class and P8 overall behind six hypercars and the LMP2 winner.A strong performance from both Erik and D.J. in this week's iRacing Behind Closed Doors from Nashville Superspeedway led to the team's first-ever 1-2 finish (Erik winning) in a league race. We recap the challenge of the fuel strategy race and how both cars were very close to running out of fuel when taking the checkered flag. We close out the league racing discussion with our mixed results during Wednesday Night Dash from Homestead Miami Speedway. Finally, we close out the show with a brief Roval discussion and the heat challenges of the Qatar Grand Prix including a driver throwing up, one driver retiring due to almost fainting in the car, and Alonso asking permission to have a bucket of cold water dumped on him during a pit stop.

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Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

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Previewing the iRacing Petit Le Mans, NASCAR at Talladega

Erik and D.J. are airing this episode at an earlier time this week due to the iRacing Petit Le Mans starting at 6:30pm eastern time on Stadium Scene TV. The live broadcast will run from 6:30pm to 4:30 am (as long as the team is still in the race. We spend a bulk of the time talking about the event, competing in the LMP2 class for the first time, and what to expect having to deal with the slower GT3 class of cars.

We close out the show talking about the NASCAR weekend in Talladega, Kevin Harvick's unfortunate disqualification, and predicting who will end up as the four drivers in the Championship Race at Phoenix in November.

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Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

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iRacing at Nashville Superspeedway, F1 at Suzuka, NASCAR at Texas

Thank you once again for tuning into F-R Racing's Garage Talk! In this week's episode we recap the week in our iRacing Leagues, first with the Behind Closed Doors IR-18 IndyCar league heading to Belle Isle, Erik's 2nd place finish, and D.J.'s even more shocking 3rd place finish. Next we move onto discuss Wednesday Night Dash (on @Stadiumscene ) with a trip to Nashville Superspeedway. Erik had a rough night first with his car "blinking" due to Internet issues, followed by a wreck. The surprising story of the night is D.J.'s 4th place finish including chasing down the #22 who had a 2.6 second lead with 5 laps to go. Next, we move on and talk Formula 1 at Suzuka, Checo's rough weekend, Logan Sargeant's very rough weekend, Red Bull locking up the Constructors title, and the very weird ways Max Verstappen has and could win his championship next week. We close out by talking briefly about IndyCar losing the Texas race and the VERY HOT weekend in Texas for NASCAR. Kyle Larson throws one away late, Bubba finishes 3rd, and William Byron takes the win! We break it all down and discuss how the hot weather played a role in the race.

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Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

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"I beat your favorite driver. All of them.", F1 at Singapore Finish, iRacing Lessons Learned

Thank you again for listening to F-R Racing's Garage Talk! This week we start out talking about the Bristol night race and how Denny Hamlin has taken on the role of "NASCAR Villain" this season. It's clear he's enjoying and embracing the role with this "I beat your favorite driver. All of them." line.

Next, we briefly touch on the world of IndyCar now that the offseason is underway and how most of the driver field is set for next year. We spend time talking Formula 1 and the "rare struggles" for Red Bull with both cars missing Q3 and Max missing the podium for the first time all season.

Finally, we close out the episode recapping the week in iRacing with Behind Closed Doors at Phoenix Raceway and Wednesday Night Dash at Chicagoland Speedway. D.J. discusses his improvements and the first time he feels he raced aggressively, which ultimately ended in a crash of his own doing and ending his night early. Erik talks about his changing strategy on the fly and how it almost put him into a podium position had he maybe had a few more laps.

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Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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IndyCar at Laguna Seca, NASCAR at Kansas, iRacing Weekly Review, F1 in Vegas Concerns

We kick off the show this week by doing our iRacing Weekly Review: Behind Closed Doors (IR-18 IndyCar league) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Wednesday Night Dash (ARCA League) at Irwindale Speedway. We talk about our struggles, fuel mileage strategy issues, and other problems. Next, we talk about the IndyCar finale at Laguna Seca and the struggles that the drivers went through on a newly paved Weathertech Raceway. We think the final number is 20 of the 28 cars were involved in some kind of incident. What went wrong? Who is to blame? We discuss. We then shift over to talking NASCAR at Kansas Speedway with Tyler Reddick's overtime heroics to win and we talk about how evil the NASCAR scheduler was to pick the tracks at elimination points (Daytona, Bristol night race, Charlotte Roval, and Martinsville). Finally, we end discussing the upcoming Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix and all the issues we're seeing between low demand for high-priced hotel rooms, alleged completely empty flights in the days leading up to the event, the high "licensing" costs, MGM's cyberattack struggles, and possibly a worker strike happening at the end of September. Will this event be a total bust?

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Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Critiquing D.J.'s driving, 2023 iRacing Season 4 Preview, Zandvoort Track Scan

Today's episode is a little different as you can tell from the video preview. D.J. is sitting at his sim rig and pulls up iRacing to look at race replay from Wednesday Night Dash at Michigan International Speedway to try to break down why he's struggling so badly in the ARCA car this season. We critique his iRacing skills and look back at the replay at some of the better moments from that race. We also take time to look over the updated Circuit Zandvoort scan in iRacing. This was just released this week as part of the 2023 Season 4 release patch. Finally we close out the show talking the final week of the 2023 NTT IndyCar season, NASCAR at Kansas, and talk a little Alex Palou and McLaren drama. ----

Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing⁠

The Week in iRacing, Formula 1 Talk, Ryan Preece's Wreck, Motorsport Games Financials

Thank you again for tuning into F-R Racing's Garage Talk with more than 3500 listeners strong! Please hit the subscribe button on your favorite podcast platform. We really appreciate your support!

We're back and we're talking about the week in iRacing, first with Behind Closed Doors at Chicagoland Speedway followed by Wednesday Night Dash at Michigan International Speedway. Two completely different results for D.J. and Erik almost pulled off two podiums this week. We talk about fuel mileage in the IndyCar and tire wear in the ARCA car.

Moving on before getting to the IndyCar update, we talk about the latest update from Motorsport Games, first with losing the NASCAR license, but we look a little deeper at their financial results from last quarter and they aren't good. There is cause for concern that the IndyCar game may never happen. We also talk about the best looking cars from CART in the 1990s.

Next we talk NASCAR at Daytona, Chase Elliott missing the playoffs, and Ryan Preece's scary wreck. We talk about upcoming contract situations in Formula 1 including maybe one where we now have an update after we recorded this episode.

Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Talking Racing Movies, IndyCar Silly Season, iRacing Road Courses

Erik and D.J. are back this week and we kick off the episode by talking about the week in iRacing, first D.J.'s (brief) surprise appearance on Tuesday's Behind Closed Doors series at his arch-enemy track of Laguna Seca and then the struggles we both had on Wednesday Night Dash at Watkins Glen. There's a lot to discuss and review after a bad week.

Next, we move on and discuss IndyCar silly season with the announcement of Marcus Ericsson moving to Andretti, where David Malukas will end up, and other driver shifts for all teams not named Penske. The tracker posted on Reddit showed subtle references to the 2001 movie, Driven.

If you haven't seen the Stallone and Burt Reynolds movie, you should because it is hilariously bad. We discuss the references and inspiration of the FedEx CART Series in making this super cheesy movie. We close out the segment discussing other racing movies including Days of Thunder and Talladega Nights.

Finally, we close out the show by talking a little NASCAR at Daytona and last week's race at Watkins Glen.

Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing⁠

IndyCar and NASCAR at Indianapolis, iRacing League Racing, Indy Oval Discussion

Erik and D.J. are back this week with an all new episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! In this week's episode we talk about week 2 of the iRacing Behind Closed Doors Dallara IR-18 Series and D.J. making an appearance during the Iowa Speedway race. We talk about Erik's dominant day, D.J.'s podium despite his mediocre day, and we talk turn 3 and 4 strategy. Next, we move on and talk about Michael McDowell's big win in the NASCAR race, Scott Dixon's win and Graham Rahal almost catching him, and the struggle of International Drivers (outside of SVG) at the Cup Series Race.

Finally, we move on to the rumor that NASCAR will be returning to the oval at Indianapolis next year. An important step to having a successful event is to fill the stands and looking at attendance over the weekend it wasn't great. Why not offer cheap tickets to next year's race? What would be better, selling 0 tickets that are priced $60-100 or selling 100,000-150,000 tickets at $10, $15, or $20 a piece? Bring Indy 500 like numbers to a NASCAR race and the sponsors will be lining up at the door.

Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returned August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing

iRacing at Dover, Michigan International Speedway Trip, Indy Weekend

Erik and D.J. are back with another episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! In this week's episode, we talk about our experiences this week with Wednesday Night Dash on @Stadiumscene from Dover Motor Speedway. Erik and D.J. had completely opposite experiences. Erik also recaps the first week of the Behind Closed Doors IR-18 iRacing series. Next Erik shares his experience with visiting Michigan International Speedway and how horrendous the parking experience is. We talk about the race, Tyler Reddick's radio profanity, and Chris Buescher winning again. We close out the show talking about Indianapolis weekend featuring a trip to IRP for the Trucks, and quite possibly the last trip to the road course for the Cup Series. It also might be the last time we see the double NASCAR/Indy weekend.

Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returns on August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing

iRacing ARCA at Charlotte, NASCAR at Richmond and Road America, AFSP 200 Charity Race

Erik and D.J. are back and talking about why D.J. missed Wednesday Night Dash (spoiler: parenting) and Erik's rough night and run-in with not one, but two black flags. We talk about Colton Gardner's big win racing in memory of his father who passed away recently and talk a little about the upcoming race at Dover next week. We also briefly discuss the Behind Closed Doors season that starts on Tuesday, August 8th. See below for a link to sign up for our free Dallara IR-18 iRacing league. Next, we move on and talk about the Max Verstappen Heineken commercial, talk about Checo and the 2nd Red Bull car, and the disadvantages the other teams outside of Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, and McLaren with the spending cap. Finally, we talk a little about the AFSP 200 Charity race on September 17th and promote signing up for this great event.

Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returns on August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing

Erik goes to Iowa Speedway, Wednesday Night Dash iRacing Recap

Erik is back from Newton, Iowa and he has a lot of stories to share about his experience at Iowa Speedway. We talk about how he acquired one of the official event signs, his experience at Hy-Vee the big sponsor of the event, the race itself, a surprise heavy rain storm, and the Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood concerts at the event.

Next, we move on and talk a little Formula 1 and Denny Hamlin's "moves" at Pocono. Were they dirty? Was it a crafty veteran move? We discuss.

We also get off-topic and talk about bands that we probably should be ashamed to admit that we like, but aren't. That discussion spills over into getting around album parental labels as kids and setting up Bloodhound Gang band reference liveries for a Pocono race.

Wednesday Night Dash the season started July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee has been reduced to $40. We'll pro-rate your entry if you join late!

Behind Closed Doors returns on August 11th at 10 pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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iRacing Intentional Wrecking, Wednesday Night Dash Preview, IndyCar at Iowa

Erik and D.J. are back and talk about the Wednesday Night Dash exhibition race at Auto Club Speedway and hype the upcoming season in the ARCA Menards cars (see below for a link to join the league). We also unveil the new play-by-play announcer and it's someone you already know if you've ever watched Wednesday Night Dash!

During the segment, we talk about Erik having to protest someone on iRacing for the very first time and we discuss what on earth drives someone to pay money to come onto a service like iRacing or any other game just to ruin it for everyone else and only to be eventually banned from the service without a refund.

Next, we move on and talk about the IndyCar race at Toronto on Peacock only and discuss does Romain Grosjean have the yips? Does Andretti clear house? What do we think of Colton Herta's performances so far this season?

Finally, we close out by talking briefly about the NASCAR race on Monday at New Hampshire and talk about Erik's upcoming trip to Iowa Speedway for the IndyCar race. IndyCar seems to have the most success at tracks where they have a festival-type atmosphere or a big weekend of racing (Long Beach, Indy Double).

Wednesday Night Dash returns July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee reduced to $40.

Behind Closed Doors returns on August 11th at 10pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Changes in F1, IMS Museum, IndyCar on Peacock, NASCAR in ATL

Erik and D.J. are back with a lot to talk about this week! Formula 1 has a familiar face returning to the grid after a driver was unceremoniously fired after ten races. We talk about McLaren's significant improvement, Alex Albon overachieving at Williams, and why does Checo keep having bad qualification runs? Is he being sabotaged by his crew? Put on your tin foil hats!

Next, we talk about IndyCar going Peacock only once again for the Toronto race and if that's really even a good idea. NASCAR at Chicago had a "great" showing on Peacock, but it would be absolutely abysmal if we only had 160,000 people watching an IndyCar race.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum had a major announcement this week involving a major renovation. Both of us have been to the museum multiple times over the years and share our thoughts on how magical of a place it is.

Finally, we talk about the rain-shortened Atlanta race and how great the Xfinity race was this weekend.

Wednesday Night Dash returns July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee reduced to $40.

Behind Closed Doors returns on August 11th at 10pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Chicago Street Race Recap, Track Limits, Mid-Ohio

We broke the 3000 all-time podcast listens threshold last week. Thank you again for all your support of F-R Racing and F-R Racing's Garage Talk. When we decided to release a podcast casually talking about auto racing and our iRacing experiences we had zero expectations that anyone would listen.

This week we kick off the show by talking about the drama at the Red Bull Ring and how there was a significant issue with drivers and track limits. Is it the driver's fault or does part of the course need to be changed?

Over in IndyCar, Alex Palou is turning the season into a one-man show like Max Verstappen has in Formula One. Rookie Benjamin Pedersen upset numerous drivers even the most happy-go-lucky driver in the series, David Malukas.

Finally, we spend most of the episode talking about the Chicago Street Race in NASCAR. Mother Nature did not want to cooperate at all, but we still got most of the racing in over the weekend. The biggest surprise of all was Shane Van Gisbergen, Supercars Champion from Australia making a name for himself by winning the Cup Series race in his NASCAR debut. We break down how big of a deal that actually was and the challenges SVG went through to adapt to NASCAR versus Australian Supercars.

Wednesday Night Dash returns July 26th at 10 pm Eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠⁠Registration is open now⁠⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee reduced to $40.

Behind Closed Doors returns on August 11th at 10pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. ⁠Registration is open now⁠ and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 17th (New Date) on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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F-R Racing's Two Year Anniversary Special and Chicago Street Race Preview

D.J. is back from vacation and we have a lot of milestones to celebrate (hence the long episode). First, this week is the two-year anniversary of the formation of F-R Racing, LLC. We're celebrating breaking 1000 Instagram followers and having a big surge on TikTok.

Next, we're celebrating a successful completion of the Behind Closed Doors IR-18 series featuring an Erik win at Las Vegas, Erik clinching the championship, and D.J. walking in and racing to a 3rd place finish only 0.063 behind Erik! Finally, this is episode 50 of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! We celebrate the only way we know how... with Jeppson's Malört shots (with D.J. doing the full Chicago Handshake with Old Style Beer).

We recap the last year of F-R Racing and how we've improved, and things we've done differently from year one to the start of year two. Next, we talk about the AFSP 200, suicide, mental health, and how athletes commonly struggle with mental health issues after their careers end.

Oh, and congratulations to Ty Ginter, the winner of our Ricky Stenhouse Jr giveaway!

Finally, we close out the episode by previewing the NASCAR Chicago Street Race and the chaos it will surely create.

Wednesday Night Dash returns July 26th at 10pm eastern in the ARCA Menards series cars. ⁠Registration is open now⁠! The schedule has been expanded to 10 races and the season fee reduced to $40.

Behind Closed Doors returns on August 11th at 10pm eastern in the Dallara IR-18 cars once again. Registration is open now and is FREE! We're hoping to keep the IR-18 alive until the broadcast ban on the car is lifted.

AFSP 200 Charity Race is September 16th on Stadium Scene TV. We're raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A minimum $20 donation to AFSP through our fundraising link is your entry fee to race NASCAR Next Gen Cup Cars at Michigan International Speedway. Help us break $1000 for AFSP and give away some cool prizes!

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing

D.J. on Vacation, Formula 1 in Canada, IndyCar at Road America, WND Recap w/ Taka Timmerman

D.J. is out of town this week and F-R Racing Social Media Specialist, Taka Timmerman fills in for him. Erik and Taka start off the episode talking about Max Verstappen winning once again over the weekend in Canada and they discuss Road America and the interesting weekend there for IndyCar.

The episode is closed out with a recap of the Wednesday Night Dash GT3 league season. Congratulations to Mark Vicars as he locks in the season championship! Wednesday Night Dash returns July 26th in the ARCA Menards series cars. Registration is open now!

Be sure to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠enter our contest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a chance to win a free autographed diecast from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Contest ends on June 28th.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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iRacing Rudskogen Motorsenter, 2023 Le Mans, Garage 56, NASCAR at Sonoma

Erik and D.J. are back with another all-new episode of Garage Talk! In this week's episode, we kick off the discussion about our Wednesday Night Dash league at iRacing Rudskogen Motorsenter. The GT3 cars have been a challenge for our inexperienced driving and we agree that we can't wait for this season to end. We get into the discussion of the changes to the ARCA Menards series car in iRacing and how that will impact the racing style.

Next, we talk about Le Mans and the confusion with the fact it actually is on Hulu. Then we talk about the coverage and how both the GTE and Garage 56 cars didn't get a lot of coverage and how the hypercars received most of the action on TV except for a handful of exceptions.

Finally, we discuss Anthony Alfredo's scary crash from a stuck throttle during practice at Sonoma and are glad that he walked away ok. We've interacted with Anthony quite a few times on social media and D.J. met him at Phoenix Raceway back in the spring. He's a great guy and a great ambassador for the sport. We close out the show talking about the cup race and the upcoming switch to the NBC schedule featuring the logistical nightmare that will be the Chicago Street Race.

D.J. will be out next week so be sure to tune in and find who Erik gets as his guest co-host!

Be sure to ⁠⁠⁠⁠enter our contest⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a chance to win a free autographed diecast from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Contest ends on June 28th.

Don't forget to tune into Wednesday Night Dash this season at 10:15 pm Eastern. It's been a fun-filled year so far, so be sure to subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on YouTube so you don't miss all the action.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing

NASCAR at Gateway, IndyCar in Detroit, F1 in Barcelona, and 2023 iRacing Season 3 Big Update

Erik and D.J. are back with a new episode. There were some interesting moments with NASCAR at Gateway and F1 in Barcelona (like a double podium for Mercedes), but probably the most interesting part of the weekend was racing in Detroit. Both IMSA and IndyCar returned to the streets of Detroit and the results were very mixed. One thing was obvious the course was strategically placed so you could see the big GM logo on the Renaissance Center.

We spend the second half of the show talking about iRacing's new update including the heavily anticipated release of the Cadillac V-Series.R GTP, Ligier JS P320, and Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) replacing the older Porsche 911 GT3. We also discuss the new Willow Springs International Raceway and the big-time graphics improvement that will be used as a foundation for future updates.

Be sure to ⁠⁠⁠enter our contest⁠⁠⁠ for a chance to win a free autographed diecast from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Contest ends on June 28th.

Don't forget to tune into Wednesday Night Dash this season at 10:15 pm Eastern. It's been a fun-filled year so far, so be sure to subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on YouTube so you don't miss all the action.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Indy 500 Recap, Rain in Charlotte, iRacing GT3 Struggles

Taka is back from Japan and joins Erik and D.J. for an all-new episode of F-R Racing's Garage Talk! We spend the bulk of the time this week breaking down the Garage Talk LIVE Raceday from over the weekend, first with a brief recap of the Monaco Grand Prix. We move on to the Indianapolis 500.

During that discussion, we talk about how the first half of the race was pretty uneventful outside of Graham Rahal's car not firing. After Sting Ray Robb crashed out, things got crazy with three red flags and a controversial ending where the race was flagged with two laps to go followed by a partial yellow flag lap and green and white flags at the same time. We discuss why that happened, how that possibly could have been avoided, and what IndyCar can do to make sure something like that doesn't happen again.

Finally, before we wrap the episode, we talk about our struggles during this season's Wednesday Night Dash GT3 league. We also discuss a little bit about the ending of the Behind Closed Doors IndyCar IR-18 season, and what's next for Wednesday Night Dash.

Be sure to ⁠⁠enter our contest⁠⁠ for a chance to win a free autographed diecast from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Contest ends on June 28th.

Don't forget to tune into Wednesday Night Dash this season at 10:15 pm Eastern. It's been a fun-filled year so far, so be sure to subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on YouTube so you don't miss all the action.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing

Indy 500 Qualifying Drama, RLL and Graham Rahal, North Wilkesboro, and WND at VIR

Indy 500 qualification was full of drama, successes, and failures. You either had a great weekend or an absolutely horrible weekend. There was no middle ground. One of the teams that had the worst weekends was Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) which ultimately resulted in Graham Rahal missing the field....or did he? We break down the weekend in qualifying and how exciting it was.

We touch on NASCAR's return to North Wilkesboro with a largely boring race, drama involving Bubba Wallace's radio, and Kyle Larson dominating the weekend. We also briefly touch on this weekend's Formula 1 heading to Monaco and how likely it's going to be another snoozefest.

We close out the episode previewing our upcoming watch along live stream starting Sunday morning at 9 am eastern for the Monaco Grand Prix as we go directly into the Indy 500! Be sure to tune in for that. We do briefly touch on Wednesday Night Dash at VIRginia International Raceway and how the track swallowed everyone alive except for race winner, Ian Miller.

Be sure to ⁠enter our contest⁠ for a chance to win a free autographed diecast from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Contest ends on June 28th.

Don't forget to tune into Wednesday Night Dash this season at 10:15 pm Eastern. It's been a fun-filled year so far, so be sure to subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on YouTube so you don't miss all the action.

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Until the new season starts, don't forget to check out Wednesday Night Dash replays on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stadium Scene TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Affiliate Link: Today's episode is powered by Extreme SimRacing. For your best selection of Sim Racing rigs/stands, Simagic Racing Wheels/Pedals, and Mods for your Logitech series racing wheels, they have a selection of the highest quality. We're proud customers of Extreme Sim Racing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more at F-R Racing

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